If you have ever experienced Circuit life, you'll most probably agree after seeing this film that it is not about the Circuit, but rather about some unfortunate, poorly rendered caricatures whose lives take a turn for the worse due to their inability to control their drug use. Due to the lack of depth and character development, I felt as if the film were made after the filmmaker had had a bad experience at a dance club or had heard of someone who almost ended up on the street due to drug abuse. We never really get an accurate or fair representation of the Circuit, and even when it seems like we do, it appears as an afterthought. "See how horrible Circuit life is? Oh, here's an implication of people who seem to be doing ok with it."
I spent most of my time cringing from all the shots of needle injections (at no point in my experience of the Circuit have I EVER seen anyone with a needle), or rolling my eyes as a result of bad acting and writing. The one bright shining exception among all the dimensionless characters was the protagonist's (John's) ex-girlfriend, Nina. Not only did she have some depth, but she had most of the film's (few) good lines. And when it's funny it's really funny, intentionally or not.
Those who have spent the last couple of years expounding on the evils of the Circuit (without ever having attended a Circuit Party) will run around saying, "I told you so!" While the rest of us will shrug our shoulders and quietly know that this is a film masquerading as a film about the Circuit.
I spent most of my time cringing from all the shots of needle injections (at no point in my experience of the Circuit have I EVER seen anyone with a needle), or rolling my eyes as a result of bad acting and writing. The one bright shining exception among all the dimensionless characters was the protagonist's (John's) ex-girlfriend, Nina. Not only did she have some depth, but she had most of the film's (few) good lines. And when it's funny it's really funny, intentionally or not.
Those who have spent the last couple of years expounding on the evils of the Circuit (without ever having attended a Circuit Party) will run around saying, "I told you so!" While the rest of us will shrug our shoulders and quietly know that this is a film masquerading as a film about the Circuit.